Chapter 78: Hope
101 Interior.
"Don't be nervous, sit down and talk, Heard is your own person." Xia Xiu, who was sitting in the office chair, said to the restrained 102 with a comfortable face.
As early as when he was carrying out [Personality Reset], Xia Xiu made some moves on Hilde's body, he adjusted his favorability in Hilde's mind to the highest, and at the same time gave Hilde a "heart anchor" of [can't betray himself].
In short, Hilde has been brainwashed by him into his own.
At this time, 102's heart was entangled, he didn't know if the blonde young man in front of him was really a patient, and he still wondered if the other party was pretending to be someone from the [House of Truth], for the purpose of fishing and teasing himself.
102 glanced at the black-robed man standing beside the blonde youth, and he finally chose to sit down.
"Are you really a patient?"
After sitting down, 102 looked at Xia Xiu, who was pouring water for himself, with a serious expression.
"When you say this, how could I enter [the House of Truth] if I am not a patient?"
Xia Xiu smiled and pulled the number plate hanging on his chest, and he deliberately showed 102 the [Good] on the sign.
Looking at the warm smile on the blonde youth's three-dimensional and well-proportioned facial features, 102's inner vigilance did not let go, but his face did not show any abnormality.
He picked up the water glass that the other party handed to him and took a sip, then considered his tone for a moment, and opened his mouth to ask the blond youth:
"Do you need me to help you with anything?"
He didn't think that the blonde young man really wanted to talk to him when he called him here, and that the other party must have called him here for something that needed to use him.
"You know the resistance group where 028 works." Xia Xiu didn't answer 102's question head-on, he threw another topic at 102 in turn.
"Of course I know about them, and I warned you not to join them, after all, this so-called resistance group is honestly just a product of children's play, and they don't have the first ingredient of resistance - armed violence."
Speaking of this, 102 couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.
He laughed at 028's so-called resistance as a joke, and now he is no better than the other party, he is only because he believes in his so-called instincts to get to this point, and it is still unknown whether the situation he will face will be life or death.
"Don't say that, on the contrary, I think 028 has all the characteristics that all rebels need."
The blonde youth shook his head with a smile, his hands crossed, his chin resting on the crossed hands, his bright golden hair falling naturally like a waterfall, brushing smoothly across his forehead, those bright golden eyes shimmered with a deep and brilliant luster.
"Discontent and injustice are essential prerequisites for all revolt: dissatisfaction and injustice that are prevalent in human society, which may stem from oppression, economic exploitation, social discrimination or other forms of inequality.
In the [House of Truth], this kind of discontent and injustice can be seen everywhere, and the resistance organization of 028 came into being, and an effective organizational structure and strategy are the key factors in resisting [Truth]. ”
Speaking of this, Xia Xiu said seriously to 102:
"I want you to join the resistance like I do."
Faced with Xia Xiu's optimism about the rebel organization, 102 couldn't help but sneer:
"The greatest enemy of injustice is the inaction, and successful resistance usually requires a determined leader who can organize and mobilize the masses and inspire people to fight for a common goal; Leaders need to have strategic vision, communication skills, and conviction to lead through difficult times. ”
"028 is a warrior, she has made a difference, but doing something does not mean that she can succeed, if she can succeed, there will not be so many unwilling people in history, in my eyes, she does not have the temperament and ability of a leader."
"I admire her. It's a pity that I'm a coward. At the end, 102 said this to the blonde youth with a heavy self-deprecation.
He admires a warrior, but he won't be a warrior.
Xia Xiu looked at 102 with sadness and sadness in his eyes, and he could see from the other party's cowardly words and sad eyes what the other party really needed.
If we think of [the House of Truth] as a small society, the head nurse undoubtedly plays the role of authority and ruler, and all patients can be divided into three categories.
028 is a category that pursues the dignity of an independent individual with full courage, pursues freedom, has the courage to resist the unjust status quo and expresses his dissatisfaction.
With the exception of SCP-028, the rest of the patients are in the second category, who are content with the system, who have lost the ability to make their voices heard in collective life, and who are passively ruled and harmed.
And 102 is the third category, he is between the first two categories, he is not numb and hurt unconsciously, he understands the unreasonableness of the [House of Truth] system, but he also does not have the courage to stand up and resist, pretending to be deaf and dumb, willing to remain silent to protect himself.
If not subdivided, the second and third categories belong to the same category – the silent majority.
The former is living in ignorance and numbness, and the latter is sober and degenerate.
"Knowing that you can't do it, you need this thing."
Xia Xiu curled the corners of his mouth and smiled brightly at 102, his smile was like a warm sunshine, making people feel dazzling.
"What you need is a fire of resistance that can be ignited, a hope that can see the sprouts."
"Yes, I need these, although they sound ridiculous." Looking at the blonde young man with a bright smile, 102 replied bluntly.
Yes, he needed visible hope, he had asked 028 if she could bring hope, and the other person hesitated, 028 was not a qualified leader, she had the flame of resistance, but she did not have the contradictory qualities that a leader really needed - rational decision and confidence in victory from blindness to arrogance.
"No, it's not ridiculous."
Xia Xiu raised his face, he looked directly at 102, and his face was full of bright and confident smiles.
"What you want is nothing more than the courage to promise victory, this kind of thing, if you want it, I can give it to you.
I'll give you as much as you want. ”
Looking at the blonde young man with a bright smile, 102 was stunned, and then he couldn't help but laugh along:
"Did you fool a lot of people before you came in?"
102 had to admit that for a moment just now, he was really almost fooled by the blonde young man in front of him.
"No, I'm an angel out there, and I never fool people." Xia Xiu also replied with a smile.
Well, he usually cuts it with his hands, and those who are fooled by him are not very human from a physical and moral point of view.
Looking at the moment being fooled by himself······ After almost 102 persuasions, he decided to start officially closing the net.
"As you said before, the first element of resistance is armed violence."
Xia Xiu sat up straight, and then gestured to Hilde, who had been standing silently, and the other party quickly understood what he meant, and took out a black suitcase from a shelf behind him.
Hilde placed the suitcase on the table and faced 102, and then opened the suitcase in front of him, and 102, who saw the contents of the suitcase at this moment, couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he looked at Hilde and Xia Xiu with a look of disbelief.
"This is!?"
"Viper, a very well-known brand of stun guns, has the standard equipment of the law enforcement agencies of Central and Addison, this is the Viper VTS-989, which has a very strong voltage output."
Xia Xiu picked up the pit viper VTS-989 with a simple and streamlined appearance in front of 102, and played with it in his hand.
Dreams rely on reality, Atlif estimates that it is to make her dreams stable, so the reality threshold she sets for her custom dreams is very high, and the transcendent factors are suppressed in this dream, even if he wants to use his abilities here now, it will take a long time to perform successfully.
And the high threshold of reality means that the logical thinking of this dream is greater than that of dream thinking, which means that this dream cannot be done too outrageously.
Therefore, the stun gun in his hand is the highest force here.
"I gave you the violent weapons you wanted, and not only did I give you violent weapons, but I was also able to block some nearby surveillance."
Xia Xiu turned the viper stun gun in his hand, rotated it 180 degrees, pointed the butt of the gun at 102, and motioned to the other party to take the stun gun from his hand with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"You ······" 102 stared blankly at the butt of his gun facing him, his hand slowly and stiffly reaching for the other.
When 102 came back to his senses, he had already grasped the Viper stun gun.
"What the hell do you want me to do?" 102 looked at the blonde youth again.
"Join the Resistance."
Xia Xiu stretched out his index finger and pointed at 102, and then said to him seriously:
"What you just said is very reasonable, the resistance needs armed violence, and it needs a good leader."
"And what I'm doing now is shaping that, and I need you to join the resistance and become a leader."
102's expression was completely sluggish, and he sat up in shock in his dying illness, and the leader was actually myself.
"Why don't you go and ····· yourself" He asked subconsciously, but when he said this, he sensed the crux of the matter.
"You should be aware of it, localization." Xia Xiu smiled and pointed at himself.
"I've been in [the House of Truth] for too short, those patients don't have much identification with me, and if 028 invites me to join the Resistance, she will probably leave me aside for a long time, and in terms of efficiency alone, it will be much easier for you to become the leader of the Resistance than for me to become the leader of the Resistance."
"I'm sure that with your brain, you should be able to overhead 028 soon."
Listening to the blonde youth's words, 102 couldn't help but shake the viper in his hand, and he said to the other party puzzled:
"You seem to be in a hurry, obviously for you, it's okay to follow the steps."
"I'm not interested in continuing to play with the head nurse. In a week, with my help, you will be able to take full control of the Resistance in a week, and I need you to do the weekly patient survey time·····" As he said this, Xia Xiu paused, and he stretched out his right hand and made a decapitation gesture towards 102.
"So fast, a week." 102 At this time, my heart was both excited and worried.
"It's enough for a week, and if it drags on too long, it's not good for us."
The blonde young man's golden eyes looked at 102 with strong confidence:
"A week, that's enough."
Looking at the bright amber eyes of the blonde youth, 102's heart instantly swelled with confidence.
"Okay, that's it, and a week later, overthrow the head nurse." 102 replied to Xia Xiu in a firm tone.
Hearing this answer, Xia Xiu stood up with a smile, and he stretched out his right hand to 102.
"Well, it's a pleasure to work with."
"It's a pleasure to work with."
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15:00.
Free time.
Inside the small garden.
Julia came to the small garden with a heavy heart, after being seen through by the little white-faced golden retriever yesterday, her mood has been very bad, and she still can't forget the hateful smile of the other party, if it weren't for the help of sleeping pills, she might have really lost sleep last night.
Julia's eyes looked around the small garden, and when she didn't notice the smiling golden retriever, her heart was happy and lost.
Most people don't like to make friends with people who are too smart, because they are easy to be seen through, and their rationality tells them that if they can deal with these people who are too smart, if they can handle their emotions, they will be able to reap more benefits.
"So you're here, 028, I've been looking for you for a long time."
Just as Julia was in a daze, a voice suddenly sounded from behind her, and she was startled by the sudden sound.
"Who!?"
Julia turned her head sharply, and soon she saw the voicer.
"102, you scared me."
"I'm right next to you." 102 said to Julia speechlessly, he was standing next to the other party just now, but the other party didn't notice him.
"yes, uh, why are your eyes so dark, you didn't sleep last night." Julia nodded awkwardly, and then her gaze was drawn to the heavy dark circles and bags under 102's eyes.
“·······” 102 was a little speechless and molded the bags under his eyes, and his mind unconsciously recalled the sunny smile of the blonde youth.
"Don't worry about this, I came to you today for something, haven't you invited me many times before." 102 gets straight to the point.
"You came to me ·····" Julia looked at 102 in disbelief at this time.
102's reputation in the [Truth Academy] is much more powerful than hers, and with 102's size and his reliable way of doing things, many patients in the [Truth Academy] are very convinced of him.
That's why Julia has been inviting 102 to join her organization, but the other party has always rejected her, and today he actually took the initiative to come to her to apply to join the organization, how can you not surprise her.
"Yes, I want to join you." 102 said with a serious expression.
"May I ask why you joined us all of a sudden?" Julia asked 102 with a puzzled expression.
"Hope, because I saw hope, so I joined you."
102 replied to Julia, who looked dazed.
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(End of chapter)